January 31 news, U.S. stocks opened, the Dow rose 0.38%, the S & P 500 rose 0.43%, the Nasdaq rose 0.77%. Apple (AAPL. O) rose about 4%, quarterly revenue, profit and gross margin hit record highs. Semiconductor stocks continued to rise, Broadcom (AVGO. O) rose about 2.5%, ASML (ASML. O) rose 1.6%, Arm (ARM. O) rose about 1%.
January 30 news, U.S. stocks opened, the Dow rose 0.07%, the S & P 500 index rose 0.38%, the Nasdaq rose 0.30%. IBM (IBM. N) rose about 9%, Q4 results and guidance exceeded expectations. Microsoft (MSFT. O) fell about 5%, Azure Cloud as a Service growth in the last quarter was lower than expected. Tesla (TSLA. O) rose 4.8%, expecting the auto business to return to growth this year. Nokia (NOK. N) rose 8%, Q4 sales beat market expectations.
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher, with the Dow up 0.25%, the S & P 500 up 0.57%, and the Nasdaq up 0.9%.